Zacatzontli

Zacatzontli, in Aztec mythology, is the god of the road during the day.

Zacatzontli has an eagle as a guide, a staff in his left hand, and a bag full of quetzals in his right hand. He can be a protector of merchants, thus equating him with the Mayan god Ek Chuáj. Unusually, Zacatzontli does not have a headdress, only a feather.

His name could mean "Lord of the Road" or "His Road, The Lord", although the former seems more likely.[1]

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Sources

  1. ^ Biblioteca Porrúa. Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología, ed. (1905). Diccionario de Mitología Nahua (in Spanish). México. p. 161. ISBN 978-9684327955. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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